About EBOS

The English-Billiards Open Series (EBOS) was created from the European Classic Series (EBCS) in August 2006. The catalyst for the EBCS was a simple challenge match conceived by Phillip Welham of the West Norfolk League and Andrew Grice of the Vienna league. This challenge match spawned two new tournaments; the European Classic held in King's Lynn, and the Austrian Open held in Vienna. With the adoption of two further established open tournaments held in Cambridge (East of England Open) and Sherringham (Charity Challenge), the EBCS snowballed into a trial European Series of four events ending in Vienna in May 2006.

Building on these strong foundations three further events were added for the inaugural 2006/07 EBOS season; the Irish Open, and the Jersey Open, and the European Open. Changes were also made to existing tournaments, with the Charity Challenge moving venue to Newmarket and the Austrian Open yielding to the European Open as the season finale following a deal with the European Billiards and Snooker Association (EBSA) to stage the first official European Championship.

This series of six events was further expanded for the 2007/08 season with the addition of the Polish Open and the Welsh Open, whilst the European Open moved to Glasgow to coincide with the staging of the European Snooker championships. To facilitate the formal shift of staging further events in Europe, a number of events have been renamed. The East of England Open becomes the English Open, and the Charity Challenge becomes the Charity Challenge British Open.

The current 2008/09 season has seen the calendar expand further to eight events and be re-branded as the "EBOS European Tour", with the Austrian Open returning and the introduction of a new Scottish Open. Completing the evolution of renaming events, the English Open and Charity Challenge British Open are amalgamated to be known as the English Open Charity Challenge. With the rotation in venue of the European Snooker Championships, the European Open moves to Belgium to run alongside the full schedule of EBSA events in June 2009.